Data Privacy Statement

Person responsible for data collection on this website

Within the interpretation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the member states, as well as other data protection regulations, the person responsible for this website is the website operator. You will find the operator‘s contact data in the website’s imprint.

General information on data processing

Extent of processing of personal data

On principal, we only process the user’s personal data if and insofar as it is absolutely necessary for us to be able to provide our content and services as well as a functioning website. Personal data are being processed regularly and only with the users’ prior consent. Cases in which it is unfeasible to get prior consent due to factual reasons and in which a legal provision allows for the data to be processed are the only exception from these conditions.

Legal basis for processing of personal data

Provided that we do gather approval to process their data from the person affected, art. 6 (1) lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as a legal base.

Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR is the legal base for the processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party. This also holds for any processing that is required to implement pre-contract measures. Whenever it is necessary to process personal data in order to comply with a legal obligation we are subject to, the legal base is art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR.

In case that it is necessary to process personal data to protect the vital interests of the person affected or another natural person, the legal base is art. 6 (1) lit. d GDPR.

If the protection of either our or another person’s legitimate interests requires data processing, and those interests are not outweighed by the interests, basic rights and fundamental freedoms of the person affected, the legal base for data processing is art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

Data deletion and storage time

As soon as the purpose of data storage ceases to exist, the data subject’s personal data will be deleted or blocked. If the person responsible for this site is subject to either european or national Union law regulations, laws or other provisions that require her to do so, data might be stored. When the storage period prescribed by the aforementioned rules has passed, data will also be deleted, unless a future conclusion or performance of contract requires the data to be stored.

Provision of this website and generation of log files

Description and extent of data processing

When our website is being accessed, part of the accessing computer’s data and information will automatically be collected by our system. The following data is being collected:

information about browser type and browser version in use

the user’s operating system

the user’s internet service provider

the user’s IP-address

date and time of access to website

websites that linked the user’s system to our website

websites the user’s system accessed from our website

These data will also be stored in our system’s log files. The data are not being stored in connection with any other personal data. After 7 days, the IP-addresses of computers accessing our website will be marked with an ‘x’ in the log files and thereby made anonymous.

Legal base for processing of data

Purpose of data processing

The system’s temporary storage of the IP-address is necessary in order to be able to provide the website to the user’s computer. The user’s IP-address has to be stored for the duration of access.

To ensure the website’s functionality, data are being stored in log files. We also use the data to enhance our website and to ensure the security of our IT-systems. The data collected are not being analysed for marketing purposes.

Our legitimate interests in data processing are summed up by the purposes mentioned in art.6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

Duration of storage

As soon as the data are not necessary anymore to fulfill the purpose they were acquired for, they will be deleted. In cases in which the data are being gathered to provide the website, the data will be deleted as soon as the session ends.

Whenever data are being stored in log files, the data will be deleted after seven days at the latest. It is possible to store the data for a longer time period, but in these cases the user’s IP-addresses will be deleted or alienated in order to prevent an allocation of the accessing client.

Possibility of objection and disposal

The acquisition of data and their storage in log files is absolutely crucial in order for us to be able to provide and operate the website. Thus, users have no option to object the collection and storage of data via log files.

Use of cookies

Description and extent of data processing

Our website is using cookies. Cookies are small text files that are being stored in the user’s browser cache or in the user’s computer system by the browser cache. When a user accesses a website, a cookie can be stored in their operating system. This cookie contains a unique sequence of characters that enable a definite idenfication of the browser when the website is being accessed again.

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some of the website’s elements require the accessing browser to be identified even after a change to another site took place.

Language settings are stored in and transmitted by cookies.

Legal base for processing of data

The legal base for the processing of data using cookies is art.6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

Purpose of data processing

Using the technically necessary cookies fulfills the purpose of simplifying the users’ experience of using the website. Without using cookies, we would not be able to offer some of the functions of our internet site. These functions require for the browser to be identifiable even after a change to another site.

We need cookies to adopt language settings.

The user data acquired via technically necessary cookies is not being used for the compilation of user profiles.

Our legitimate interests in the processing of personal data are summed up by the purposes mentioned in art.6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

Duration of storage, possibility of objection and disposal

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer, which in turn conveys them to our site. Hence, you as the user are in full control of the usage of cookies. By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can deactivate or limit the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time, this can also happen automatically. Deactivating cookies for our website might prevent full usage of all of the site’s functions.

Contact via e-mail

Description and extent of data processing

You can contact us via the e-mail address provided on our website. The user’s personal data communicated in that e-mail will be stored.

This data will not be disclosed to any third parties. The data is only used to operate the conversation.

Legal base for processing of data

The legal base for the processing of data transmitted in an e-mail is art.6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

Purpose of data processing

In the case of contact via e-mail, that contact constitutes the legitimate interest in the processing of data.

Duration of storage

As soon as the data are not necessary anymore to fulfill the purpose they were acquired for, they will be deleted. In cases of personal data being transferred via e-mail the data will be deleted when the conversation with the user has ended. The conversation has ended when the general circumstances allow the assumption that the issue in question has been resolved.

Possibility of objection and disposal

Users are given the possibility to withdraw their consent for the processing of personal data at

any time. The user can object to the storage of their personal data at any time by contacting us via e-mail. In that case, the conversation via e-mail cannot be continued.

Also, all personal data stored in the course of making contact will be deleted in that case.

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